Carnegie Hall

(NEW YORK, NY; June 21, 2022)—This July, following eight days of intensive training in New York, the 81 members of NYO2—including extraordinary teen instrumentalists from across the United States—return to Miami Beach for their third summer residency with the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS), culminating in a performance at the New World Center on Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. led by conductor Mei-Ann Chen and featuring pianist Aaron Diehl. Throughout the Miami Beach residency, which runs from July 26–30, NYO2 players will work with NWS Fellows, thanks to a continued partnership between Carnegie Hall and the New World Symphony. NYO2 first traveled to Miami Beach in summer 2018, which included a sold-out concert at the New World Center.

In addition to sectionals and full orchestra rehearsals, the NYO2 members will have opportunities to work with NWS Fellows leading up to their performance at the New World Center. The full list of NWS Fellows can be found here. The musicians will also have the chance to explore the sights and sounds of the city and other cultural attractions during their time in Miami.

The concert at the New World Center will be available to audiences everywhere for free via a webcast. The program includes Jessie Montgomery’s Soul Force, Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, and Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F Major, featuring Aaron Diehl as soloist.

Following its Miami Beach residency, NYO2 returns to New York for a culminating performance at Carnegie Hall on Monday, August 1 at 8:00 p.m.

 

“We are thrilled to partner again with the New World Symphony to bring the talented young musicians of NYO2 back to Miami Beach” said Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall’s Executive and Artistic Director. “The opportunity to work with NWS Fellows and learn from conductor Mei-Ann Chen and pianist Aaron Diehl will be transformative for these students. We hope they will return home to their communities inspired to further develop their playing and use music to connect with audiences everywhere.”

 

New World Symphony President and CEO Howard Herring said “We look forward to welcoming the NYO2 musicians again this summer. Our Fellows will bring out the best in these talented young players in the collegial way that is a New World tradition. NYO2 will be playing one of the first concerts in the recently named Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall, so designated in honor of our founding artistic director. MTT has been a pioneer in electronic distribution of classical music for his entire professional life. The technological infrastructure of the Hall reflects his commitment to sharing classical music with as many people as possible. So, it is fitting that the NYO2 concert will be streamed from the Hall to the world."

 

 

The 81 members of this year's NYO2 ensemble—ages 14–17 and coming from 27 US states plus Puerto Rico—have been recognized as exceptionally talented musicians who not only embody a very high level of artistry, but who also come from a wide range of backgrounds, representing a bright future for American orchestral music. The roster includes seven musicians from Florida, including three local players from Miami. Fourteen musicians will be returning to NYO2 from past seasons, and 33 prior members of NYO2 have been accepted to Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) this summer. Click here for the full list of NYO2 musicians, including photos, fun facts, and a national map.

The NYO2 program begins with an intensive 8-day training period at Purchase College, State University of New York (SUNY) in mid-July. There, the young musicians work with top-notch professional players from orchestras around the country and NWS Fellows and have opportunities to make music side-by-side with members of NYO-USA and NYO Jazz. Joseph Young, Music Director of the Berkeley Symphony and Artistic Director of Ensembles at the Peabody Institute, returns as NYO2’s resident conductor, and the students will also have the opportunity to work with James Ross, music director of the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra in Virginia. The faculty will lead private lessons, master classes, chamber music readings, and other seminars on essential music skills in preparation for the culminating concerts in Miami Beach and New York. Click here for a full list of NYO2 guest artists and faculty.

 

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About NYO2
Created by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute in summer 2016, NYO2 brings together outstanding young American instrumentalists ages 14–17 for a summer orchestral training program that culminates in exciting concerts in Miami Beach and Carnegie Hall. Running in conjunction with NYO-USA and NYO Jazz’s annual summer residencies at Purchase College, SUNY, NYO2 offers an opportunity for participants to play alongside exceptionally talented peers and learn from a world-class faculty. The program aims to expand the pool of young musicians across the country equipped with the tools to succeed at the highest level, particularly those who come from communities that have often been underserved by and underrepresented in the classical music field.

The inaugural season of NYO2 in summer 2016 culminated in a side-by-side concert with The Philadelphia Orchestra in Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall led by conductor Giancarlo Guerrero. In summer 2017, NYO2 made its Carnegie Hall debut with Guerrero, members of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Grammy Award–winning bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding. In 2018, NYO2 partnered with the New World Symphony for the first time, traveling to Miami Beach for a six-day residency, highlighted by performances at the New World Center and Carnegie Hall led by conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto and featuring violinist Gil Shaham. In 2019, the orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall and returned to Miami Beach for its residency with New World Symphony, once again led by Carlos Miguel Prieto, and joined by pianist Gabriela Montero as soloist. The ensemble participated in an all-digital residency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and last summer the orchestra was able to gather at Purchase College, SUNY led by Mei-Ann Chen. The 2021 residency marked the first time that most young musicians had the opportunity to play in full ensembles since the start of the pandemic.

To learn more about NYO2, visit carnegiehall.org/nyo2.

 

About the New World Symphony
The New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy, prepares graduates of music programs for leadership roles in professional orchestras and ensembles. Since its co-founding in 1987 by Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas and Lin and Ted Arison, NWS has helped launch the careers of 1,200 alumni worldwide. A laboratory for the way music is taught, presented, and experienced, the New World Symphony consists of young musicians who are granted fellowships lasting up to three years. The fellowship program offers in-depth exposure to traditional and modern repertoire, professional development training and personalized experiences working with leading guest conductors, soloists and visiting faculty. Relationships with these artists are extended through NWS’s extensive distance learning via the internet. NWS Fellows take advantage of the innovative performance facilities and state-of-the art practice and ensemble rooms of the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center, the campus of the New World Symphony.

 

To learn more about the New World Symphony, visit nws.edu.

 

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Program Information
Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m.
New World Center (Miami Beach, FL)
NYO2
Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor
Aaron Diehl, Piano

with
Fellows of the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy

JESSIE MONTGOMERY Soul Force
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

Tickets: $25
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Monday, August 1 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
NYO2
Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor
Aaron Diehl, Piano

with
Fellows of the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy

JESSIE MONTGOMERY Soul Force
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

Tickets: $20–$40

Ticket Information

Ticket Information

Tickets for the New World Center concert may be purchased by visiting www.nws.edu or by calling the NWS Box Office at (305) 902-6856.

Tickets for the Carnegie Hall concerts are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57th Street, or can be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website, carnegiehall.org.

For more information on discount ticket programs, including those for students, Notables members, and Bank of America customers, visit carnegiehall.org/discounts. Artists, programs, and prices are subject to change.

Please note: to support a safe reopening for in-person events and in accordance with the advice of medical and public health experts, all artists, visitors, and staff will be required to show proof of full vaccination against COVID19 with a vaccine approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) in order to enter Carnegie Hall. While inside Carnegie Hall, all guests must wear a properly fitting mask over their nose and mouth except when eating or drinking in designated areas.

What the Press Have Said About NYO2

“It was inspiring to watch the young musicians of NYO2 in their Carnegie Hall debut … they vibrantly demonstrated a bright future for classical music.” – Musical America

“This was a colorful performance that accumulated vitality as it went along. Soon one was no longer conscious that this was a youth orchestra, despite their uniform of red pants and white polo shirts—this was simply a good orchestra.” – New York Classical Review

“At turns tender and bombastic, lyrical and frenetic, it had both the exuberance of youth and the resonance of deep musical maturity. And, they nailed it.” – Feast of Music

“If this level of talent results from tossing the net far and wide, musically the US is in fine shape.” – Seen and Heard International

What Past Participants and NWS Fellows Have Said About NYO2:

“Working with the NYO2 students has been awesome. They are all coming from different parts of the country with different experiences, different backgrounds… Their energy is exciting. They just have this eagerness to absorb everything that’s happening.” – Priscilla Rinehart, Horn (New World Symphony)

“Not only has NYO2 changed me as a musician, but it has transformed me as a person as well. From all of the friends I have made around the country, to the staff, faculty, New World Symphony fellows… I have never felt more inspired and motivated.” — Jaycee Cardoso, Violin (Huntington Station, NY)

 

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Lead Donors: Hope and Robert F. Smith, Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, The Kovner Foundation, and Beatrice Santo Domingo.

Global Ambassadors: Michael ByungJu Kim and Kyung Ah Park, Hope and Robert F. Smith, and Maggie and Richard Tsai.

Leadership support for NYO2 is provided by Clarissa Alcock Bronfman and Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Estate of Joan Eliasoph, and Mellon Foundation.

Major support for NYO2 is provided by the Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation, Ronald E. Blaylock and Petra Pope, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Evnin and the A.E. Charitable Foundation, Clive and Anya Gillinson, the Marc Haas Foundation, Beth and Joshua Nash, Melanie and Jean E. Salata, Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon, and Joyce and George Wein Foundation, Inc.

Founder Patron: Beatrice Santo Domingo.

With additional funding provided by Alphadyne Foundation, Sarah Arison, Ernst & Young LLP, Stella and Robert Jones, Martha and Robert Lipp, Andrew J. Martin-Weber, Lauren and Ezra Merkin, the Morton H. Meyerson Family Foundation, Linda Wachner, David S. Winter, and Judy Francis Zankel.

Public support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.